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Althea Gibson and Barbara Knapp walk on grass at Forest Hills in 1950. Gibson won...

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Althea Gibson and Barbara Knapp walk on grass at Forest Hills in 1950. Gibson won 10 straight championships in 1947 in the segregated ATA (American Tennis Association). When the USLTA (U.S. Lawn Tennis Association) failed to invite her to any qualifying tournaments, Alice Marble, a four-time winner at Forest Hills, protested and accused bigotry. The next year Gibson played at Forest Hills.
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Althea Gibson and Barbara Knapp walk on grass at Forest Hills in 1950. Gibson won 10 straight championships in 1947 in the segregated ATA (American Tennis Association). When the USLTA (U.S. Lawn Tennis Association) failed to invite her to any qualifying tournaments, Alice Marble, a four-time winner at Forest Hills, protested and accused bigotry. The next year Gibson played at Forest Hills.

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